Improvement in spaces for type



D. B. RAY.

Spaces for Type.

N0,]48,624, Patented March17,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

D. BBAINEBD RAY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPACES FOR TYPE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,624, dated March 17, 1874; application filed August 18, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, D. BRAINERD RAY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have in vented an Improvement in Spaces for Type, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists of a space of peculiar shape, to be used by typesetters, or in type-setting machines, for the purpose of spacing out the lines, or making them of even length.

The space is shaped like a wedge at one or both ends, the end of the space forming the thick part of the wedge. It is beveled toward the middle, so that the thinnest part of the wedge comes near the middle of the spacein other words, the space is very thin in the middle, and becomes thicker toward the ends, so as to have the appearance of two wedges placed edge to edge.

It is not absolutely necessary to brace both ends of the space. One may be left square.

The operation is as follows: Two of these spaces are placed between each word, one being pushed down to the bottom of the composing-stick, while the other is left a little raised, so that the thickest part of one will come against the thinnest part of the other. When the line is set up, all those spaces which had been left raised are pushed down as far as may be required, thereby increasing the space between the words in the same manner as if a number of wedges had been driven in.

Referring to the annexed drawings, in Figure 1, B is a composing-stick. AZ is a line of type spaced out. S S S are spaces, some pushed down as far as they will go, others left raised. Fig. 2 represents two spaces, S S S, after having been pushed down, as above described, showing the manner in which they brace against each other. Fig. 3 represents the position of the spaces S S S when first inserted, and before being pushed down.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent,.is

The wedge sliaped space S, constructed substantially as described, and used for the purpose hereiu set forth.

D. BRAINERD RAY.

Witnesses:

G. COLTON, It. FRANCIS OoLToN. 

